Word Origin and History for determinating

determinate

adj.

determinate

[dĭ-tûr′mə-nĭt]

Precisely determined, limited, or defined.

Not continuing to grow at an apical meristem. In the cyme, a determinate inflorescence, for example, the first floret develops at the end of the meristem, and no further elongation of the inflorescence can occur.